When I thought of what to make for the potluck I never figured I would be a salad which is so simple and easy to make. I had other ideas but then found a way to run out of time so I couldn't make it. I'm not sure if anyone is interested in getting the recipe but I figured since the whole salad was devoured during the potluck somebody must have liked it. So here it is (Based on what I can remember!):
spinach
broccoli
green onions
tomatoes
zucchini
mushrooms
2-3 tbsp of olive oil
homemade italian seasoning (includes: salt, pepper, dried oregano, garlic powder, dried thyme & rosemary)
Enjoy and feel free to add whatever other vegetable you have in your fridge!
Alina
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Dec 1st - Deborah's tutorial - D&F team
What diverse roles to artists play in community arts?
Thank you to our final design and facilitation team who presented today. Snack was a variety of tasty ingredients so that we might create our own unique trail mix combination. This is representative of different artists trying to create change with uniqueness and various combinations in various contexts.
Our ritual was designed to stimulate our creativity by adding to a community drawing with pastels, markers or glitter. It was left for us to add to throughout the remainder of the presentation if we chose to. It was to assist us on reflecting on the question of role of artists in community.
Our presentation group talked about the role of an artist being risky and the fact that there is no way to anticipate how the audience will receive the expression. In the interest of bringing attention to a cause various artists, in various ways the group provided some examples. Site specific protest, using social media, is shown in this film clip:
Also the flash mob (example in link below) attracts attention; great potential if combined with a social change agenda.
The Hunts Point Fish Parade is an example of a community-building event that address a specific issue. It stimulates discussion and awareness as well as benefits of celebrating their community. The coverage begins about 1 min into this video clip.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Second last class!
We are on the eve of our last class together for ENVS 2122, and today's class provided a lot of ways to summarize all we have learned for the last few months.
Deborah started the class with a beautiful song by Rose Sanders entitled "There's a river", Deborah wanted us to focus on the journey that this life is, something that everyone can connect and identify with and how it flows, and also to think about our own value, asking "who told me in this life that I am valued?".
Some announcements: Blakka Ellis, who led the amazing Theatre of the Oppressed workshop a few weeks back will be performing at the Frankly Speaking- A Caribbean Christmas Dinner Comedy on December 10, this evening is sure to be hilarious.
http://www.afrotoronto.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91:frankly-speaking-a-caribbean-christmas-dinner-comedy&catid=54:arts&Itemid=177
Also our very own Deborah Barndt will be participating in a benefit performance with her community choir this Friday evening. Contact Deborah for more details.
As next week will be our last class we will be celebrating all of our hard work over the last twelve weeks with a potluck. Please bring something to share with the class (keeping in mind any dietary restrictions people in the class may have) and don't forget your reusable dishes! This will also be your chance to provide a more creative evaluation of the course. Please spend some time over the next week thinking about the course and what you have learned and bring some of these thoughts to share with your classmates and class facilitators.
The main theme of today's lecture focused on artist and animator, the lines and connections between them and where do you feel you stand on the line? The key to finding our place is that there is no magic formula, often the lines are blurred and multiple roles are played, as artists and animators we must learn how to adapt and shift depending on what needs to be done.
A large portion of today's class was spent watching an amazing documentary made by Maggie Hutcheson, describing the Viva project, a collaboration of eight community arts projects throughout five countries. This film was an amazing way to see the giant scope of community arts programs and gave a better understanding the processes within them. Definitely worth checking out if you missed that portion of class. The eight projects featured in the film are: The Personal Legacy Project, by Diane Roberts http://urbanink.ca/?page_id=23 , Jumblies Theatre http://www.jumbliestheatre.org/
Tianguis Cultural http://www.myspace.com/tianguisculturalac
BILWI VISION, community television, Kuna Children's Art Project http://vimeo.com/1854542
Artsbridge http://www.artsbridgeamerica.com/pressreleases.php
Telling our Stories http://vimeo.com/1534486
and the Community Mural Production http://www.vientos.info/viva/en/uam_painting_by_listening
Eight amazing projects you should check out now!
Viva documentary
Deborah also asked us to go back through the reading and think about where each of the actors within the reading could be placed, artist or animator? This sparked a great discussion that highlighted that the two are often one in the same.
Ending today's lecture Deborah asked us again to take a look at the websites mentioned on moodle (Neighbourhoods, Artbridges, and the CAP websites), this is a way you can contribute and share your ideas and artwork to help these communities to continue to grow. Adding to this there is a CAP group in the works, a place for all of the CAP students, facilitators, administrators and friends of CAP to share ideas and information within our community. There is a sign up sheet so students can be added to a listserve once it is up and running posted in the moodle forums.
Some announcements: Blakka Ellis, who led the amazing Theatre of the Oppressed workshop a few weeks back will be performing at the Frankly Speaking- A Caribbean Christmas Dinner Comedy on December 10, this evening is sure to be hilarious.
http://www.afrotoronto.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91:frankly-speaking-a-caribbean-christmas-dinner-comedy&catid=54:arts&Itemid=177
Also our very own Deborah Barndt will be participating in a benefit performance with her community choir this Friday evening. Contact Deborah for more details.
As next week will be our last class we will be celebrating all of our hard work over the last twelve weeks with a potluck. Please bring something to share with the class (keeping in mind any dietary restrictions people in the class may have) and don't forget your reusable dishes! This will also be your chance to provide a more creative evaluation of the course. Please spend some time over the next week thinking about the course and what you have learned and bring some of these thoughts to share with your classmates and class facilitators.
The main theme of today's lecture focused on artist and animator, the lines and connections between them and where do you feel you stand on the line? The key to finding our place is that there is no magic formula, often the lines are blurred and multiple roles are played, as artists and animators we must learn how to adapt and shift depending on what needs to be done.
A large portion of today's class was spent watching an amazing documentary made by Maggie Hutcheson, describing the Viva project, a collaboration of eight community arts projects throughout five countries. This film was an amazing way to see the giant scope of community arts programs and gave a better understanding the processes within them. Definitely worth checking out if you missed that portion of class. The eight projects featured in the film are: The Personal Legacy Project, by Diane Roberts http://urbanink.ca/?page_id=23 , Jumblies Theatre http://www.jumbliestheatre.org/
Tianguis Cultural http://www.myspace.com/tianguisculturalac
BILWI VISION, community television, Kuna Children's Art Project http://vimeo.com/1854542
Artsbridge http://www.artsbridgeamerica.com/pressreleases.php
Telling our Stories http://vimeo.com/1534486
and the Community Mural Production http://www.vientos.info/viva/en/uam_painting_by_listening
Eight amazing projects you should check out now!
Viva documentary
Deborah also asked us to go back through the reading and think about where each of the actors within the reading could be placed, artist or animator? This sparked a great discussion that highlighted that the two are often one in the same.
Ending today's lecture Deborah asked us again to take a look at the websites mentioned on moodle (Neighbourhoods, Artbridges, and the CAP websites), this is a way you can contribute and share your ideas and artwork to help these communities to continue to grow. Adding to this there is a CAP group in the works, a place for all of the CAP students, facilitators, administrators and friends of CAP to share ideas and information within our community. There is a sign up sheet so students can be added to a listserve once it is up and running posted in the moodle forums.
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